Summer Soft

1978 studio album by Blue Mitchell
Summer Soft
Studio album by
Blue Mitchell
ReleasedFebruary 22, 1978
Recorded1977
GenreJazz
Length40:23
LabelImpulse!
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Blue Mitchell chronology
Stablemates
(1977) 		Summer Soft
(1978)

Summer Soft is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell, recorded in 1977 and released on the Impulse! label in 1978.[1] It was his final album.[2]

Reception

In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "Although there are some fine players on this LP they are largely wasted on inferior material and commercial arrangements".[3]

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AllMusic[3]

Track listing

  1. "Try Not to Forget" (Cedar Walton) – 7:20
  2. "Summer Soft" (Stevie Wonder) – 5:55
  3. " A Day at the Mint" (Blue Mitchell) – 6:15
  4. "Love Has Made Me a Dreamer" (Mike Dosco, Esmond Edwards) – 4:50
  5. "Evergreen" (Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams) – 4:37
  6. "30 Degrees to the Wind" (Cedar Walton, Susan Brickell) – 5:53
  7. "Funkthesizer" (Eddie Harris) – 5:33
  • Recorded in Los Angeles, California in 1977.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Blue Mitchell discography accessed June 14, 2011
  2. ^ Fraser, C. Gerald (24 May 1979). "Blue Mitchell, 49, Jazzman, Dies; A Trumpeter With Horace Silver". The New York Times. p. D21.
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed June 14, 2011
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